Kenneth William David Jack
AM MBE RWS, (5 October 1924 – 10 June 2006) was an Australian
watercolour artist who specialised in painting the images of an almost forgotten
outback
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life: old mine workings,
ghost towns, decaying farm buildings.
Family
The son of Harold James Jack (1901–1977), and Ethel Gertrude Jack (1892–1950), née Orr, Kenneth William David Jack was born in Malvern on 5 October 1924.
His son-in-law Fred Schmidt is also an
Australia
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watercolour artist.
Artist
He became a professional painter at the age of 39 after giving up his job as senior instructor at the
Caulfield Institute of Technology, and continued as a prolific painter until his death in June 2006.
Recognition
* 1977: elected to the
Royal Watercolour Society.
* 1982: awarded the MBE: "for service to the arts".
* 1987: awarded the
Order of Australia (AM): "for service to the arts, particularly to watercolour painting".
The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award
''The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award'' was established in his honour in 2007 by ''
The Australian Guild of Realist Artists''. The inaugural winner was
Margaret Gurney
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Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award, ''The Australian Guild of Realist Artists''.
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Collections
Kenneth Jack's works can be found in these collections:
*Royal Collection
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Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...
at Windsor.
* Victoria and Albert museum.
* National Gallery of Australia.
*The Australian War Memorial
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*The capital city collections of every Australian state.
Notes
References
World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Kenneth William David Jack (125555), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.
External links
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070928003720/http://www.australianart.com.au/artists.php?ID=94 Kenneth Jack at Australian Art
Kenneth Jack website
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1924 births
2006 deaths
RMIT University alumni
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century Australian painters
20th-century Australian male artists
Australian male painters